The two tournament finales for The Ultimate Fighter: Team Cormier vs. Team Sonnen will take place this weekend on the UFC 319 preliminary card.
The UFC announced the addition of both matchups at the conclusion of the season 33 finale on Wednesday night.
-
Watch UFC 319 on Sportsnet+
Dricus Du Plessis will look to defend the middleweight title against undefeated challenger Khamzat Chimaev. Watch UFC 319 on Saturday, Aug. 16 with prelim coverage beginning 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT, and pay-per-view main card starting at 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT.
Joseph Morales will face Alibi Idiris in the flyweight final, and Daniil Donchenko takes on Rodrigo Sezinando in the welterweight tournament championship bout.
Morales earned his spot in the final with wins over Eduardo Chapolin and Imanol Rodriguez. The 30-year-old American was the only UFC veteran among the TUF 33 cast after being released in 2018 following a 1-2 stint in the organization that included a loss to eventual two-time flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo.
Idiris is from Kazakhstan and holds a 10-0 pro record. Idiris beat Roybert Echeverria and Furkatbek Yokubov on the show to make the 125-pound finals.
Sezinando is from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with an 8-1 pro record and has been living and training in Canada in recent years with title wins in both the Battlefield Fight League and Samourai MMA organizations.
Ukraine’s Donchenko is 11-2 as a pro. The 24-year-old earned a decision win over Richard Martins, then a technical knockout of Matt Dixon to advance to the 170-pound tournament final.
Below is the full UFC 319 lineup (bout order subject to change):
— Dricus Du Plessis vs. Khamzat Chimaev (for UFC middleweight title)
— Lerone Murphy vs. Aaron Pico
— Geoff Neal vs. Carlos Prates
— Jared Cannonier vs. Michael Page
— Tim Elliott vs. Kai Asakura
— Bobby “King” Green vs. Diego Ferreira
— Gerald Meerschaert vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk
— Jessica Andrade vs. Loopy Godinez
— Alexander Hernandez vs. Chase Hooper
— Edson Barboza vs. Drakkar Klose
— Bryan Battle vs. Nursulton Ruziboev
— Karine Silva vs. Dione Barbosa
— Alibi Idiris vs. Joseph Morales (TUF 33 flyweight final)
— Rodrigo Sezinando vs. Daniil Donchenko (TUF 33 welterweight final)